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Ryan Giggs has done more than just score an own goal

25.05.11
So which side are you on in l'affaire Giggs, a tale of vanities and unintended consequences that could inspire an entire Jerry Springer Opera?... more

Bad Musical feels like a classy undergraduate production

20.04.11
Bad Musical cannot decide whether to be chaotically egg-on-face brilliantly bad or just watchably, ironically bad and ends up missing both targets... more

The rise and fall of Anna Nicole

18.02.11
Anna Nicole is not exactly scandalous and only a partial success, but in this production it's terrific entertainment... more

Best foot forward for Shoes

16.02.11
West End show, Shoes, is back for a rejigged outing with dancers who perform with kitschy glee... more

Step aside Imelda, this musical is perfect shoe business

08.09.10
Stephen Mear and Richard Thomas have created a sunny revue-cum-musical about our obsession with shoes that’s a hair’s breadth from Sex And The City... more

Twee stories lose the plot in the Catastrophe Trilogy

08.03.10
If only Alice Bell (2006) and Daniel Hit by a Train (2008) were as fine as The Festival at the Barbican.... more

Richard Thomas writes dance show about women's shoes for Sadler's Wells

08.02.10
Creator of West End hit Jerry Springer: The Opera is writing a dance show about women’s obsession with shoes... more

Look out America! Jeremy Kyle show goes Stateside

25.01.10
Controversial daytime TV host Jeremy Kyle, whose shows have been branded "a form of human bear-baiting", is to take his show to the US... more

Back on song, the Springer star who slept rough under bridge after breakdown

07.12.09
Jerry Springer: The Opera sold out night after night — helped by protests over its alleged blasphemy... more

TV lie detector expert guilty of lying to police over speeding ticket

02.12.09
TV lie detector expert was given a suspended prison sentence after he was caught out lying to police over a speeding ticket... more

Free musicals draw in 250,000

22.06.09
Record numbers of revellers enjoyed two free arts festivals in London at the weekend... more

West End shows hit the streets

19.06.09
Crowds of 200,000 are expected to enjoy the best of the West End’s entertainment at a free festival in Leicester Square this weekend... more

Now it's Jerry Springer the musical

17.02.09
Jerry Springer is to make his stage debut as Billy Flynn in the long-running West End musical Chicago... more

DVDs of the week

15.07.08
Deep questions rumble in There Will Be Blood, I'm Not There requires multiple viewings and Stewart Lee makes us laugh.... more

Humiliation for Miss USA as she stumbles over gown and hits the deck at Miss Universe pageant

14.07.08
Miss USA Crystle Stewart was no doubt hoping to make an entrance as she strutted her stuff at the final of the Miss Universe event.... more

Sister Piers ... and a school show that's really got talent

28.06.08
They are known for passing judgment on nervous amateur entertainers in Britain’s Got Talent. But this is the moment Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan took to the stage themselves – at a remarkably star-studded school show.... more

Into the inner-city groove

09.05.08
Into the Hoods is about real bodily pleasure. You come out dazzled by the back flips — cursing your own wheezy unfitness, says Liz Hoggard.... more

Shoestring fish-in-a-barrel fun-poking revue

05.03.08
Entertainment ... My Arts! might land soft punches on obvious targets, but at 30 minutes and a fiver a pop it is hardly fleecing fans in terms of time or wallet.... more

An angry voice from the back of the poll

15.11.07
Stewart Lee's Soho Theatre show will make you laugh and also think, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Hammer of the Scots

09.08.07
Stewart Lee's tale of Dr Samuel Johnson and his biographer James Boswell attempting to relaunch their books today is Fringe theatre at its silly, clever, fun-filled best.... more

Theatre wars - the dead white male hits back

15.05.07
The National's director Nicholas Hytner has attacked London's theatre critics for their alleged misogyny. The Standard's man in the stalls could not disagree more.... more

Singalong kings are a delight for Clyro maniacs

29.01.07
A varied line-up delivered a successful final night for the Kerrang! 2007 Tour. LA punk rock grunters The Bronx got the crowd fired up, while Biffy Clyro played singalong anthemic hits.... more

Take me out: The best weekend events

18.01.07
Sound artist Ray Lee will freak you out at the Shunt Vaults, comedian Stewart Lee does a controversial version of the gospels and a pop-up ice bar can be found at Canary Wharf.... more

Standing up to be counted

12.01.07
In this double bill, Mark Ravenhill's satirical look at 9/11 hits the mark while Stewart Lee's take on Jesus's betrayer is a little too light.... more

Keeping the faith

10.01.07
Even though it raises wry smiles rather than belly laughs, Sharon Lougher thinks Pat Condell's show about faith is well worth a look.... more

Critic's choice: Top five comedy shows

21.12.06
Check out Robert Newman's satire No Planet B, Reginald D Hunter's controversial but outstanding monologue continues and there's a final chance to catch Stewart Lee's must-see show.... more

Democracy spawning fascism? Not again...

05.09.06
If you want to get people talking about you, swastika armbands and a crude company name are good ways to start, but Theatre De C**t's shock tactics ultimately let it down.... more

Fanatics blow us up but their time is over

22.08.06
Howard Brenton shocked us in the Eighties, but then he fell out of favour. Now the provocative playwright is back. He talks to Fiona Maddocks about his new comedy on extremism.... more

Shock jock's loathsome charm

07.08.06
Fringe review: The Comedians' Theatre Company's debut is Eric Bogosian's Eighties play Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian. Phil Nicol gives a towering performance as the opinionated, self-obsessed shock jock, one that more than justifies the new company's existence, says Veronica Lee.... more


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